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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "objective, under Section 3 (a) seeking to realign the healthcare systems, processes and programmes for purposes of immediate response to the needs of the people and to ensure that there is an element of reliability and sustainability of the healthcare in this country is a very important aspect. Should we pass this Bill, I believe we will be speaking to the millions of Kenyans who are struggling to sustain themselves by the demands of health and the cost of the medical demands that all of us at any given time in our life seeks to get. Madam Temporary Speaker, the desire of the provision of the Bill to ensure that it pulls resources and risks that are based on principles of solidarity, equity and efficiency is a guarantee to the people of Kenya that once passed into law will ensure access to healthcare services to all Kenyans irrespective of their economic, social or otherwise political status. That is one core aspect of this Bill that we must be encouraged to support in order to give Kenyans part of the promise that was made. I will go straight into Part IV of the Bill that seeks to establish the Social Health Insurance Fund. This is under provisions of Section 25(1) and (2). Of key importance is the provision of monies which shall be placed into the fund shall comprise those appropriated by the National Assembly for the vulnerable and indigent people. Healthcare is supposed to be available to each and every Kenyan irrespective of their economic status. We are talking of various classes in the currently available health sector; if and when the Bill is passed, it will ensure that every Kenyan, as long as he or she has registered, can benefit from the fund provisions that are provided and established in Section 25 (b) of the Bill. Part V provides for the establishment of an Emergency Chronic and Critical Illness Fund. This is one of the key provisions. I must commend the Government together with the Mover of this Bill for making sure that we honor and give priority by establishing a specific fund for this particular group of people. Under Section 28(a), it is specifically provided that the fund will be available after the depletion of the Social Health Insurance cover. This is a top-up to the entitlements that you get by the mere fact of being a beneficiary of the Fund. Whereas you are under a condition that is chronic---"
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